As part of the continuing investigation of the thermal cis- 1, 3, 5-hexatriene to 1,3-cyclohexadiene rearrangement, four new trienes and a cross-conjugated pentaene have been prepared and their thermal reactions studied. A new route to the synthesis of highly substituted trienes has been developed. The synthesis of three of these...
Steroid organoboranes have been found to be useful synthetic
intermediates. Attempted pyrolyses, based on simple trialkylborane
cyclizations, have not yielded C-19 or C-18 functionalized steroids,
but have produced isomerized systems not otherwise available.
Thus, hydroboration of cholesterol followed by pyrolysis at
215° gives 31% of 2-cholestene-6α-ol and 49% of a...
Studies of the use of NADH as the monitored fluorophore for enzymatic fluorescence kinetic methods are discussed. Interference studies
for the detection of NADH and the adaptation and optimization of fluorescence kinetic measurements to four serum assays are also described.
A microcomputer-controlled flow injection analysis (FIA) system was
designed and...
A quadratic programming method was developed for the statistical
analysis of gas chromatographic data. The method was applied to
three types of flavor extracts, peppermint, hops and brewed tea. The
brewed tea data had to be abandoned because of the singularity of its
coveriance matrix. In all cases tried the...
High-resolution mass spectrometry was used to measure a range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in real time as they were produced by the ubiquitous marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus WH8102 during a 24-hour light/dark cycle. Ethenone, acetaldehyde, ethanol, isoprene, acetic acid, dimethyl sulfide (DMS), acetone, phenol, and several as-yet unidentified compounds were...
The inert gas ion bombardment of solid surfaces has
found many uses in the field of analytical chemistry. In
one method of spectrochemical analysis, inert gas ion
bombardment in a glow discharge is used to produce an atomic
vapor, representative of the sample bulk, which is analyzed
using atomic absorption...
A long path dc plasma arc operated in an atmosphere of
argon is described. The arc is easily ignited and operated, and
is inexpensive to use. Samples were introduced into the arc as
solution aerosols. Radially resolved emission measurements are
reported for calcium, copper, and hafnium. The detection limit
for...